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"He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe."
"Gilded tombs do worms infold."
"I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets."
"And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie; That kings for such a tomb would wish to die."
"Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound."
"Some of the followers of certain Mohammedan sects work all their lives to have a big tomb built for them when they die. I know sects among whom as soon as a child is born, a tomb is prepared for it; that is among them the most important work a man has to do and the bigger and the finer the tomb, the belter off the man is supposed to be."